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reaf by reaf · Jan 31, 2003 · 412 views · Journal

Do you think it is possible to have an opposite sex relationship and it totally be on a friendship level.!


I think its completely possible!

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ilikebirds #1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

me and you stef . what now . whoop whooop.

reaf #1.1 reafOG 2002

ha,exactly,

ilikebirds #1.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

so we prove the system wrong. i win.

reaf #1.1.1.1 reafOG 2002

we did prove the system wrong, lets hang out and get drunk...lol..joookiiinngg people

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

deadly combinashawn

reaf reafOG 2002

hence the joooooooking people

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

don't insult us...we know ub illin

reaf reafOG 2002

burp

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

actually my mom is pretty funny. last saturday night ... i was out, you know pretty late. anyway ... naomi "somehow" leaves her retainer, hair pin things, and ring in the back seat of my truck. sooo the next morning i have to drop my mom off at the shop. anyway ... at that point i had retrieved the retainer, ring , and hair pin and put it in my cup holders. anyway my mom sees and goes " what girl did you have sex with this time back there" , " i can't believe you had sex and she left all this stuff"... of course i laughed out of sheer SHOCK that she said it so bluntly. WITH MY SISTER IN THE BACK. so of course i adamantly.. yell " there wasss noooo sex" of course she doesn't listen, and the whole ride to the shop i hear " i can't believe she left all that stuff cause you had sex", " i can't believe you had sex" .

reaf reafOG 2002 ilikebirds

hahahahhaha,, is that for reall...lol.....that is really funny

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 reaf

totally seriuos. my mom thinks i'm a male slut. every night i go out she's always like " ohh why do smell good.. for a girllllll ? " " why did you put on clothes.. for a girlll " why this why that ugh... it's really funny though.

reaf reafOG 2002 ilikebirds

Ha Ha, oh thai, i so wish i was there to witness these sayings from your mom!

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 reaf

UPDATE. Funny part ,also, is when i Told the girl about it. ANd the girl had a similiar experience.. she told her brother that she had left her retainer in the backseat and he brother flipped out " whoa what did you do back there... you ddin't just take out your retainer for no reason. you did something, you better not tell anyone else you took your retainer out " ... hahah good times.

reaf reafOG 2002 ilikebirds

Why did she take her retainer out, why did she even have her retainer in?, im curiuos now? Not that I suspect anything, cause I know you better then that thai, but why?

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 reaf

no comment. move alone. thread finished.

reaf reafOG 2002 ilikebirds

I see

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002 ilikebirds

your mom sounds like my dad...the other night my sister asked me which top she should wear and my dad says why does it matter where are you going who's going to be there...i was like dad we're going to 7-11 mel asks me which top to wear when she's going from upstairs to downstairs

reaf reafOG 2002 forrestina

ha ha

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002 forrestina

parents just don't understand

reaf reafOG 2002 ilikebirds

Im gunna cherish this story forever and ever and ever , its just to funny!

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002 ilikebirds

i don't know whether to believe this story

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ok4now

oh it's the truth. i was close to recording it on my phone so that i can share it with the world.

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002 ilikebirds

and then u woke up?

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ok4now

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

whoknows #2 whoknowsOG 2003

It's possible. If it wasn't, I'd be a major slore by now. I have been blessed - 99% of my friends are guys, and they are all fabulously incredibly goodlooking, especially Thai. And we have never had relations. So yeah it's possible.

reaf #2.1 reafOG 2002

hahahaha hahahahahah hahahahha

ilikebirds #2.1.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

whats so funny ?

reaf #2.2 reafOG 2002

yeah, my whole life has been guys, guys guys, as friends, only the past 2 years have i had a girfriend!

deanh77 #3 deanh77Founder

yes, but you can't be romantically attracted to the other person, or be dating or married to them.

ilikebirds #3.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

and you have to be of the opposite sex.

beachbum #4 beachbumOG 2002

yeah, definitely. most of my friends are guys. growing up it was like i had all these brothers (i mean other than my real ones).

ilikebirds #4.1 ilikebirdsOG 2002

so you're saying you never felt anything between us? i'm hurt.

beachbum #4.1.1 beachbumOG 2002

i never said i didn't think of NONE of them as more than friends ever ;)besides, you have ryan and dave-i think I should feel hurt!

ok4now #5 ok4nowOG 2002

absotootly...cept u can't be hangin' out alone cuz the platonium will splode

forrestina #6 forrestinaOG 2002

this is when somebody quotes the YPA book haha....i definitely have guys as just friends-but the truth is, in most cases, if you have a friend of the opposite sex you find something about them attractive. admit it...to yourself at least.

reaf #6.1 reafOG 2002

nah, I dont agree with this AT ALL, i can see how it "can" (can meaning, if your ridiculous) be a danger but it also is completely possible to have an opposite sex best friendship!!

forrestina #6.1.1 forrestinaOG 2002

i didn't say it was impossible

reaf #6.1.1.1 reafOG 2002

true, but im just saying, it is made out like it is an impossible situation to have!

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

i think u have to have friends of both sexes just to be well rounded...but u can't be alone together.

reaf reafOG 2002

i duno about that, cause there were numurous times me and dean would go on day trips and it was nothin , nada, pure friendship!

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

let's just call it a general rule...but not always the case

reaf reafOG 2002

true true

deanh77 deanh77Founder

dean rhys. not me. let's be clear on this.

whoknows whoknowsOG 2003

yikes, whatup, you don't want people to think that you shared many daytrips with reafermaniaazzyayayayahahglalalalh?

reaf reafOG 2002

haha,YEAH,, RYS.. not holdren, ,

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003

THE DEAN!!!!!!!!!!!

katiedid katiedidFounder

I used to hang out with Jjonathan alone all the time and we were cool with each other, but looking back now, I think we would have done things differently. We were just too slow to figure out that people would have a problem with it - I could see why, too.

delliott101 #6.2 delliott101OG 2002

I have to agree with you on this, Forreste... it may be something you find initially attractive, but then that feeling mellows as time goes on and you find that attraction, balanced with the person's other qualities, turns to friendship.

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#7 gollumOG 2003

nope one always starts liking the other one in more then a platonic way, even the Society has said that its not a good idea
AW 86 March 22 pgs17-19
=)

beachbum #7.1 beachbumOG 2002

not true at all. it doesn't always happen and you have proof of it right on this page.

ok4now #7.1.1 ok4nowOG 2002

fiiiiiiiiiiiight!

beachbum #7.1.1.1 beachbumOG 2002

GET A LIIIIIIFFFFFFEEEEE! disagreements don't always = fights.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

ouch. that was pretty harsh. i love it. welcome to the crew. lets just start making fun of everyone.

beachbum beachbumOG 2002

i thought we pretty much did that anyway. i'm feeling so sick this week and it makes me even more irritable than usual-not that you can tell or anything.

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

i know...i was hoping u'd throw a punch tho...if we were in the cafeteria, i'd yell food fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! (since we weren't, i didn't)

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#7.1.2 gollumOG 2003

read the article and its happened to me too many times

beachbum #7.1.2.1 beachbumOG 2002

i've read the article and i'm not saying it doesn't happen. i'm just saying it is not the case 100% of the time. depends on the person.

reaf reafOG 2002

Exactly!

forrestina #7.1.2.2 forrestinaOG 2002

same here---i hear where you're coming from

katiedid #7.2 katiedidFounder

I think that just because no physical action is taken, doesnt mean that one of the individuals hasnt thought of the friendship as more than platonic.

ok4now #7.2.1 ok4nowOG 2002

and by 'one of the induhviduals' you mean 'the guy' of course... ;)

malibu #8 malibuOG 2001

entirely. somebody asked me the other day among my group of friends who likes eachother. i looked at them like they were crazy like what are you talking about??? we're friends, we don't develop crushes on eachother. we love everyone equally. like we hang out together all weekend all the time and nothing ever happens because we just can't even justify the thought of taking it there.it'll be like 4 girls and 5 guys just chillin all the time and nothing ever happens.

thatdarngirl #8.1 thatdarngirlOG 2002

jesse hughes lights my fire julie!!!

delliott101 #9 delliott101OG 2002

It's funny, I have more friends now than ever who are male, but I've always been more comfortable around females (prolly since I only have fleshly sisters and never had a strong father figure in my formative years)-- I seem to get along better with them. Of course, that's a danger when the friends see me as a divorced brother socializing with the sisters, so I'm forced to balance more now... anyway, I'm rambling..

beachbum #9.1 beachbumOG 2002

i know what you are saying and it's unfortunate that it has to be that way. i've always thought that people should mind their own business, esp if you aren't even doing anything.

delliott101 #9.1.1 delliott101OG 2002

Yeah, but it is a danger to be isolated with a member of the opposite sex--we're warned about it so many times... but this is stuff in plain site... like a single sister last night forgot her song book and I shared mine with her... I'm wondering when I'm going to be counselled ;-) or when rumors wil start :-o

ok4now #9.1.1.1 ok4nowOG 2002

why do u think u might b counselled?

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

hypothetically speaking, of course.. oops! wrong journal!! (I was only sarcastically kidding about the counsel part, which is why I did a wink-eye emoticon)

beachbum #9.1.1.2 beachbumOG 2002

i wasn't talking about being alone together. i meant in public-"oh my goodness, they each looked in the other's direction. they must be in love" It's like SHUT UP!!!!!! Is everyone's life so boring that they have to make up stuff about 2 people just b/c they say hi to each other? really. i'm agreeing w/ you dave.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Thanks... I think when the friends do that it puts ideas into the heads of all involved and can lead them to get into a relationship, only because others think they should. Stupidity.

reaf reafOG 2002

Good point

beachbum beachbumOG 2002

i can see how that can happen though i've never experienced it. it just annoys the crap out of me and i want to go have a long "mind your stinking busines or go to gehenna for slander" talk w/ people who start that crap.

reaf reafOG 2002

HAHAHHA, same here.

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002

those people aren't friends

tesoro #10 tesoroOG 2001

i think it is totally possible....but more often than not...one will start liking the other...and that sucks cuz it's really hard to go back to the friendship level if A-you wind up going out and break up or B-only one shares those feelings....chances are it's gonna be awkward....at least for a while. of course...i dont really think any of this is true...cuz i have lots of guy friends that i'd never see in any other way then just a friend.

rocksupastar #11 rocksupastarFounder

OH def.. but like what was brought out already, sometimes.... it can change... which, like jahanna said, sucks... its impossible to go back to what it was before..

hunkpapap #12 hunkpapapOG 2003

I agree with most of all of this. I've got mostly girl friends and like 5 guy friends, which i'm trying to expand. The WHOLE thing hinges on the maturity of both people. If two people meet and like the qualities of each other that is great. If you like the qualities of the person AND think they are attractive, it's still not a problem, because you can still act mature and not really let on (I.E. DROOL) then you can be friends with them and maybe you won't like them. IT helps if you know what you want, so that you won't play with their emotions and toy with the thought of a relationship.

A lot of it depends on your experience. I know a person who i'd hang out with and when we would go out with a group he would eventually like a girl in the group and so of course when it didn't work out we'd be outcast and not hang out with them or be friends with any of them. I'm not the most mature person in the world but to me friends are important so it's worth it to ignore feelings for all of these reasons. And because of certain things in my life i tend to be more like everybody's big brother, which also works to my disadvantage. But I think it's better not to be a flirt. I'd rather have most women be comfortable with me than think of me in a romantic way. That is a lesson i learned a looooong time ago.

An example of keeping it proper is a guy and a girl going to a party, which has happened to us all. If you take someone to a party and you both know people don't be paired off when you get there. Don't hang on them the whole night. Don't make it look like you are a couple. Guys are worse at this than girls. I've been to parties where girls have told me they don't know why no guys will talk to them and they are so happy i asked them to dance and i tell them it's because the guy they came with is giving the rest of us the signal to stay away, meanwhile the girl isn't even interested. Anyway, i've also had a bad experience with this, because me and a sister who i was best friends liked each other, but we never knew. It turns out however that someone who didn't approve interfered and told both of us that the other wasn't interested and it wasn't until AFTER she just got engaged that i found this out. But that was a rare case.

malibu #12.1 malibuOG 2001

that's so sad. dumb people. stay out of business that isn't yours.

thefunkyfresh #13 thefunkyfreshFounder

my thoughts... anybody ever watch the movie "when harry met sally"? i sort of agree with the views expressed in that movie

ok4now #13.1 ok4nowOG 2002

don't remember all of it but...ok

forrestina #13.2 forrestinaOG 2002

which views might those be?

rocksupastar #13.2.1 rocksupastarFounder

he doesnt know, he never saw the movie...

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